In a message dated 1/23/00 12:36:12 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> Nearly 6 million American children receive special education instruction
and
> services at a cost of almost $40 billion, about $5.7 billion of which is
> federal money.
wait a minute.l.. 6 million kids equal $40 Billion?  how are they using the
money, for cripe's sake?